Safety-razor.



- To all whom it may concern.-

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FREDERICK H. ARNOLD, or READING, rENIisYLVANIA.

SAFETY-RAZQR- Be it known that I,-- Fnnnnmox Are NOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Readin in the county of Berks and State of Penney vania, have invented certain new and useful Im rovernents in Safety-Razors, of which .the 0 lowing is a specification.

safety-razors of the class in which the cut v ting-blade is arranged to lie on the same'plane' and in line with the handle.

The object of the present device is to provide a razor of simple and cheap construction, one that may be used with either hand; being capable of cutting from either side even though asingle-edge, blade is used.

The invention consists of a single-piece holder, com rising a handleand guard and a journaled b ade capable of being turned, 'so that its cutting edge will lie along either edge of the guard. g

The invention is more fully described in the. following specification and-clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings in Figure 1 is a plan view of my razor, and Fig. 2 a side view of the same. Fig. 3 shows the blade in detail. Fig. 4 is a detail view in section of the locking-sleeve. Fig. 5 is a .front or face view of the locking-sleeve.

The numeral 1 designates the handle, and 2 the guard. The handle is formed with a hollow space 4 in its inner end, and a lockingsleeve 3 fits loosely over this end of the ban-- dle. This locking-sleeve is intended to hold' the blade in either position, and itis formed with a central stem 5, around which a coiled s ring 6 loosely fits. This springis seated in the hollow space 4 of the handle. The

sleeve is also formed with three slotsin its.

face, one fromthe top and one from each side, all terminating in a central opening or journahbearing 12.

I p enters and rests .in this bearing. The other- This invention relates to improvements m and the blade engaged b the slot at the oppo- Patented Jan. 1; 1907.

The numeral Sdesignates the razor-blade. This blade has a'single cutting a journal 9 at either end. m

. The guard is formed with a, 'jqurnai-oean ing 10 at its extremity, aboutnfi'dway of its width, and one of the journals on-the blade journal of the blade isentered in the to slot." the face of the locking-sleeve after it has been pressed back, and the journal reaches the central opening 12, where it is securelyfi held after the sleeve is released.--The'.side slots 13 and 14 in the face of the. sleeve are ada ted to engage the, ends of thebladefand i 1101 it against the guard in proper position. It is evident that the blade may be swung" around on its bearin s .to bring the cutting edge to either side 0 'theguard by merely pressing back the sleeve'3 until the edge of the blade is free from the slot 13"or 14".a1id turning the blade, when the sleeve is released site side of the sleeve. he blade may also be reversed,as both journal-bearings are of formsize.

Having thus full described my inventio what I claim, and esireto secure by Patent, is-- i r a In a safety-razor a holder having a portion, a journal-bearing formed onsaid guard, a hollow locking-s eeve having F EDEBICK 5:1".-

edge andjhasgg slots formed in its inner face, loosely mounted on said holder in'combination with a'. siJ'1- 

